Receptacle closing and sealing means



Aug. 16, 1932.

E. L. JONES RECEPTACLE CLOSING AND SEALING MEANS Filed June 16. 1928 10 Sheets-Sheet l QQUUEUQQU,

INVENTOR E. L. .fo/7 5 -A ORNY 1932- E. L. JONES 1,871,701

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, RECEPTACLE CLOSING AND SEALING MEANS Filed June 16, 1928 l0 Sheets-Sheet 10 INVENTOR TL Jones ORN Patented Aug. 16, 1932 Y unirse siArss PATENT ELLIS L. JONES, F LONG- ISLAND isimoi MENTS, To AMERICAN sRALCONR CORPORATION, or NEW YORK, N. Y.,` A CORPORA- Y rSION OF NEW YORK i lRECEPTACLE CLOSING AND siiALINev MEANS Application iled June 16,

. This invention relates to apparatus for filling receptacles and for sealing the'iilled receptacles, the receptaclesbeing made of pliable material, such aspaper, of conical form with the mouth atthe smaller end, which is collapsedV or squeezed together to lose the same and secured in closed condition by a sealing member of V-shape in cross section engaged over the collapsed receptacle end and clamped thereto, and it is the object of the invention to provide improved and more eiiiciently operatingapparatus of this character Yfor transferring iilled receptacles from the filling means to a traveling conveyor and byl such conveyor positioned rela- :the conveyor.

tive to means for collapsing the receptacle end and forming and applying the sealing member to the collapsed receptacle end.

In apparatus of this character the sealing member, as stated, comprises a metall-ic strip formed to V shape incross section, and it vis a further object of the invention to provide means for feeding and forming the strip to V shape, severing a ot the formed strip to constitute the sealing member and position the same relative to the collapsed receptacie end, and to provide aV more eiiicient sealing member.

Another obJect of the invention relates to means for colla sin@ the rece atacleend and and sealing apparatus illustrating an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a portion of the receptacle conveyor Vand showing guiding means for receptacles thereon in relation to Figure 3 is a 'cross sectional viewAV taken predetermined length i928. serial No. 235,349.

on the line 353 of Figure 2 to showV the arrangement of the guide means relative to the conveyor. Y j Y Figure t is an end elevation ot the apparatus, on an enlarged scale, looking'at the right of Figure l with a'portion of the `framework yand parts broken away to show the means to actuate the conveyor and a pusher for'delivering sealed receptacle fromthe conveyor.

Figure 5 is a view looking at the-right of Figure 4 ofthe conveyor actuating and pusher means. Y

Figure@ is a plan View, partly in section, of the Y means Vfor .feeding a metallic strip and forming the same to V shapein cross section andthe means for severing atportion fromthefformed strip to constitute the sealing member and showing the same in relation to the Ymeans to vCollapse the receptacles and apply the 'sealing member thereto.

Figure 7 isa'sectional end elevation looking at the bottom of Figure 6.

Figure 8 isa perspective view of means to show the guiding of the primarilyformed' strip and the means for forming the strip.

Figure 9 is a front elevation, on an enlarged scale, OI" the means to collapse the refeeding andV finally ceptacles and to apply the sealing member thereto, and also the means for presenting a receptacle from the conveyor to said receptacle collapsingand sealing member applying means. p Y

Figure l0 is a perspective view, partly section, of an adjustable portion in cams for Vactuating the receptacle'collapsing andl sealing member applying means. y

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CITY, NEW YORK, AssIsNoR, BY MEsNE AssIGN- Figure 11 is a cross-sectional view,` on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on the line lle-1l of Figure 6, looking in the direction of the arrows. i

Figure l2 is a perspective View of a cam kactuated lever for Operating the strip feed- Y ing means.

of a slide to carry the receptacle collapsing means and sealing member applying head and showing the same in :relation to an operative lever therefor.

Figure 16 is a detail perspective View, partlylin section, ofxthe slide' :shown in=F igure-iillooking .at thellbottom'athereof.

'Figure 17 is a perspective view of the sealing member applying means showing the y same in disassembled rel-ation.

Figure 18 is a perspective view; in dis-v assembled relation of the receptacle collaps# ing means.

- Figure 19 is across sectional view ofthe, slide shown in 'Figure 15 and showing vtlie manner of `mounting `the receptacle collapsing means thereon.

.Figure ,20 is a broken away `and in section, of the'means for :guiding .and supporting the .sealing strip and cuttermecha-nismffor severing aaportion therefrom. Y Y '.'Figures 21.and22aresectional views taken substantially on the lines 21-21 and c22,-,22 of .Figure lookingin .the vdirection ofthe arrows. Y y

Figure Qis. a perspective view .of the cutter'mechanismand the means tosupport and guide .the sealing strip andshowing the. same 'in dissembledrelation.

Figure 24 is a perspective view of a finished and severedportion .of .the sealingstrip to Aconstitute Y the ,sealingmemben Figure 25 is a perspective view yof complemental die .members for ,primarily forming thesealingstripand showing the samein inoperative relation.

Figure 26 is a cross sectional view, onfan enlargedscale, :ofthe primary strip forming means Vtaken substantially `on the line .2.6-26 of `Figure t3 Vlooking in the Vdirection of :the

arrows. Y L Y QFigg'ure 27 .is .aplan view and in-section of the rear portion of the lowerdie member shown in FigureQ'. Y

-Figure 28V is a perspective View of apori tion of Athe means .for feeding and finally forming Vthe .sealing strip and .showing means to guide the primarily formed strip to said means and a 'portion of the iinally formed strip. i f

Figure .29'is a 4perspective view of a portion of the' sealing ystrip toillustrateftlie manner of l*primarily forming -the same to shape. Y y

Y VFigure 30 is anend elevation ofa portion of the receptacle collapsing and sealing meinfront elevation, partly N y y y section, ofia portion of the.actuating'means means as having been actuated and clamping the scalino` member to the colla sed rece ta- :D Y Y cle,end. i e

'Figure 33 is 'a' erslectivegview:of'theil i: 1 per portion of a receptacie showing the-.sealing member applied thereto.

Figure-311 `is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the Ymeans for 'transferringllejd"receptacles from the filling meansto .the conveyorv for transport lto th-e receptacle collapsing and sealing A.meniber applyingsmeans. vFigure 35 isa front elevation oi .the ,parts shownin Figure '3.41. p f

Figure .36 .is a front elevation, partly vin fork the Areceptacle transfer-ring means shown in Figure and showingmeans for .coupling driving means thereto.; and

.Figure' VVis' aperspective view .ofthe acoupling means vdisassembled for connectingthe receptacle v.transferring means 'to its A,driving means. p Y

`In carrying out the -invention the operative means are mounted upon a table T supported by suitable standards S, receptacle fllingmeans being mounted uponone end portion of said table, and means to yfeed Yand form anietallic strip to V shape in cross vsection, sever :a portion from said strip to constitute lthe sealing member, `and theineans to which the filled receptacles are presented .for collapsing the open end ofthe receptacle `and applying va sealing member thereto being mounted uponthe .opposite end portion of the table. `An endless meceptacle .transporting conveyor comprising aV pair of sprocket chains 88is supported by sprocket wheels 39, 39 iixed to shafts 40, 40- rotatably supported at lopposite ends'of the table and arranged so thatl the upper stretch .of the conveyor will travel in a pla-ne coincident with the top 0f the table. The conveyor chains are .arranged Vwith receptacle supports in the'forxn of plates 4:1 4fixed at the opposite lends tothe chains and each havingra central opening with ears 411a formed atthe opposite longitudinal marginal portions and intermediate .the ends thereof bent to eXtendoutwar-dly ata right angle tov'the plates, saidears being arranged centrally between the chains Iand at diainetrically'opposite sides :of the plate openings. 'Receptacle engaging fingers 11" of resilient material are fixed to-and extend upward .from

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` The receptacle filling means may be of any.

approved form, andas shown embodies a reservoir R to contain the liquid with which the receptacles are to be filled, in the presentinstance milk, said reservoir being connected by a pipe 42 with a source of supply. The reservoiris supported superposed to the table by standards s, and a series of alined `cup members 43 are connected to andextend from thebottom of the reservoir and are arrangee with discharge nozzles orV nipples 44 with ytubes 45 fixed in the cups in communication with the discharge nozzles and extending up into the reservoir above the level of the liquid therein through which the liquid is delivered by means of'dippers (not shown) mountedto have movement thereon inte and out of the cups and adapted to` deliver the liquid therefrom into the top of the tubes,V suitable-'float controlled ,valve mechanism (not shown) being arranged in the tank to regulate the discharge of the liquid throughthe pipe 42 and maintain the liquid in the reservoir at a predetermined level. The dippers are operatively connected with a rockshaft 46 and through the actuation of said shaft tubes 45. The rock shaft 46 isl actuated from a driven shaft 47 journaled in hangers .fixed tothe bottom of the table, said shaft` being connected with the rock shaft 46 by a rod .48

lpivotally connected at one end toy adisk- 49 fixed on the shaft 48 eccentricrto the axis of" said disk and at the opposite end pivotally connected with an karm 50 fixedfto the rock shaft 46. l

The receptacles B to be filled are placed on vthe table andpositioned in register with the nozzle outlets 44 by gauge means in the. form of a frame 5f (Figures l, 34 and 35) having arcuate recesses 51 in the front edge for the engagement of the receptacles and the centers of which recesses in the normal position of the frame are in line with the centers of the cups 43. The frame is also adapted as means to transfer the receptacles from the table, inthe present instance to the seats 4l of the receptacle transporting conveyor, and then returned to initial position. For this purpose the frame is slidably mounted at the f n ends in gibs 52 lfixed upon the table, and is moved along the and extending laterally from the levers, as at 56, engaging in a camrgroove in one face of disks 57 fixed to the shaft 47.

To catch the drippings from the nozzles as the receptacles vare transferred from the table andthus prevent soiling of the table a pan 58 is slidably mounted at opposite ends in members fixed to thereservoir supporting standard s, as at 59. Means are provided to movethe pan to position below the nozzles when the frame is actuated to transfer the receptacles from the table and away from said nozzles when said frame is positioned to receive receptacles and register them in alinement with the nozzles to permit filling of the receptacles, said means comprising levers 60 pivotallymounted at 6l upon the reservoir supporting'standards,onearmofeachofwhich leversV is'connected by a rod 62 with the, pan. Thelevers are urged by springs 63 in a direction to movethe other lever arms toward the frame forengagement of rollers 64 carried thereby with rails 65 fixed to and extending rearwardly from the frame, the up: per forward edge of which rails are beveled to form camrsurfaces, as at 66, down which the rollers are caused to ride and the pan moved away from the discharge nozzles when the frame is moved to its rearmost posltionby the springs thereby rocking the levers to move Asstated,the receptaclesfare of conical I form and made of pliable material, such as paper parafiined, and to close the same the open end'is collapsed or squeezed together and sealed in collapsed condition by a clamping member engaged over and sealed to the collapsed receptacle end. The conveyor is intermittently operated to successively position receptacles transported thereby to the means to collapse the receptacles and apply a sealing member to the collapsedV receptacle end, the actuation 'of the means to transfer the receptacles from the filling means, to the conveyor being timed so that said means is actuated upon a predetermined number of movements imparted to the conveyor, in the present instance six movements and equal to the number of receptacles filled at the same time. The conveyor is actuated by pawl and ratchet mechanism operated from a drive shaft 67 journaled in bearing members 68 fixed upon the table, said'pawl and ratchet mechanism (Figures l, 4 and 5) comprising a ratchet whe-el 69 fixed to the'sprocket wheel carrying shaft 40 and a spring influenced pawl 70 pivotally` .carried by an arm'7l extending laterally from a sleeve 71 loosely mounted-.on the shaft 40Vand interposed between the ratchet 'wheel and a sprocket wheel, the arm carrying sleeve beingl operatively movement toward and away from each other constitute the receptacle collapsing slides and are carried by the slides 106 to permit ofsaidV later slides to have independent movement relative to the slides 107. The slides 107 are substantially of T-form, as shown in Figure 18, theopposite longitudinal edges of which are beveled in a direction toward each other to slidably engage ina slideway 111 in the bottom of the slides 106, the opposite walls of which arein the nature of gibs and beveled to correspond to the bevel of the lateral edges of the body of the slides 107, and said slides retained in the slideways by plates 112 secured to the bottom of the overhanging portion 108 of the pillar P, as shown in Figure 19. The head portion of the slides 107 extends forward of the ends of the Slides 106 in predetermined relation to the jaw carrying heads and the ljaws carried thereby, as shown in Figure 13, and yieldingly urged to said position by springs 113 confined in elongated recesses 1111 in the bottom of the slides 106 with oneend of the springs abutting against an end wall vof said recesses with a Y pin fixed in said ends of the recesses extending into the spring coils, as shown at 115, the opposite ends of the spring abutting against blocks 116 fixed to the slides 107 and slidably engaging in the recesses 114 with pins fixed in said blocks engaging in the end coils of the springs, the movement of the blocks being limited by engagement with the end of the recesses. A plate 117 is secured to the bottom of each of the head portions of the vslides107,

as by screws, with a longitudinal marginal portion thereof extending .forward of the slide heads, as clearly shown in Figure 13, to constitute the receptacle engaging portion of said-slides 107 pose to be hereinafter described.

rEhe 118 fixed on the drive shaft 67, in the form of rollers having cam grooves cut into and extending circumferentially about the periphery thereof, and through levers 119 having an operative connection with said cams and pivotally supported upon upwardly extending and diverging arms of the pillar P, as Vat 120. .igures 1, 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13.) The levers comprise a pair of parallelly extending arms 1192 119b integrally connected at one end. (Figure 15.) The slides 106 are pivotally connected with the arms 119' by engaging the terminal portion of said arms in and .for a further purslides V,are actuated by a pair of cams a bifurcation 106 and a pin 121 fixed in perforations in the bifurcation legs and extended through an elongated perforation 122 in the lever arms 119% The lever arms 119b are of greater length than the arms 119a and said levers are operatively connected with t-he cams 113 by cam following rollers mounted on studs fixed in said lever arms engaging in v the cam grooves, as at 123. It will be obvious that by the rotation of the cams and the engagement of the cam following rollers 123 in the cam grooves that oscillatory movement will be imparted tothe levers 119 which will be transmitted Vto reciprocatory movement of the slides.

To provide a sealing member to be clamped to the collapsed receptacle end a roll 124 of a metallic strip or web Wis rotatably supported between a pair of arms 125 fixed to and extending laterally from the table by a pivot pin extended through the axis of the rail and engaged in bifurcations in the ends of the arms, as at 126. Figures 6 and7 rlhe strip is guidedrover and between the flanges of a roller V127 rotatably mounted on .a pin between a pair'of arms 123 fixed to and extending laterally from a pair of parallel and vertically extending members of aframe 129, (Figures 6, 7 and 25,) said arms being arranged at opposite sides of and fixed to a die block 130, or they may be in the'form of ribs integral with the die block 130, and extending beyond the end thereof. rThe upper surface of the block is arranged with a rib portion 131 of progressively increasing inverted V shape in cross section from the outer end to the connection thereof with the frame 129, as clearly shown in Figure 25. A complemental die member in the form of a plate 132 shaped in cross section to conform to the rib 131 of the die-block is pivotally supported at one end between a pair of ears extended up-V serve as guides for the strip betweensaid dieV members. The die plate 132 is retained in 0pto move the same toward and e erative relation to the dieblock by a latch 136 engaging in a recess in the end of the die block and pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 137 and normally urged outward by a spring 13S seated in a recess in the die block in line with the latch engaging recess the latch extending transversely of the die block witha portion arranged withfa linger grip extending laterally of thedie block, as shown in Figures 25 and 26, said extended latch and, en-y gaging in a recess in the die plate ear 135 at said sidefofthe die blocil-- rflic strip Vor web will be primarily 'formed substantially to the shape shown in Figure9 by Ydrawing between the dies. The strip is drawn from the roller 124`between thedie blocks 130 and 132 by a pair of feed rollers 1139, 14:0, said rollers being also arranged to shape the strip to final form. The roller or wheel 140 is arranged between the frame members 129 and fixed to a'shaft 1h11 rotatablymounted insaid frame inembers with one end entend-ed from one of: said frame members and arranged. forthe application of a wrench, as

` -hown in Figure 6, whereby to rotate the feed rollers in threading the strip between the saine. The other roller 139 is rotatably supported in the frame members 129 to have ad justment toward and Vaway from the roller 1/10. For this purpose the vwheel is fix-ed to ashaft 1112 rotatably mounted in blocks 1113 slid-ably mounted in bifurcations in lthe upper ends of the frame members and adj rsted` in a direction toward the roller 1410 by set screws 11111 threaded into a plate 1115 fixed to the top of the frame members. The periphery of the roller 1li() is of V shape in cross section and the periphery of the roller 139 has a recess therein shaped ,to `conform in cross section to the yperiphery of roller 110 and in which recess the peripheral portion of roller 140 engages. rlfhe apexof the periphery of ,the roller or wheel 1110 is arranged with transverse serrations 1416, (Figure 23,) and the bottom of the peripheral recess in the roller 139 is arranged with lcorresponding serrationsvto serve not only as` a gripping means to facilitate the feeding of the strip Y but also to ariange the stripV as it formed with corresponding serrations and reinforce the formed strip at the fold or ben-d, as shown at 1117 in Figures 28 and33l vThe primarily formed strio is guided from the dieniembers 130, 132 to the feeding and final forming roll'- e'is 139, M10-by a pair of roliersj1l18 rby engaging between opposed conical faces of said rollers, as shown in Figurey 8, said rollers being fixed to a shaft rotatably mounted in the frame members 129 in interposed relation between therdie members and feed wheels or rollers.V The finally formed clamping strip is delivered by the feed rollers to a. guide meinher 149 fixed to and extending forward from the frame members 129, said guide having a cross sectional shape to conform to the shaped strip, The strip is guided by the guide1f19 to cutter mechanism for severing a predetermined length of the finally formed strip to constitute the sealing member c as shown in Figure 24.-

The strip cutter mechanism (Figures 11 and 20 to 23) embodies affixed cutter element and a cutter element reciprocatory transversely of the direction of the feedv ofthe strip and of the fixedcutter element. The

' fixed cutter clement comprises a pair' of ravi-,vor

conform to the finally formed strip, and the block at the juncture of the rib therewith being undercut, as at 153, the one end of the block, thel end at the left as viewed in Figures-11, 22 and 23, constituting a cuttingedge.

The block 151 issuperposed to thev block 150 Y ,and the both blocks having ralined perforations 15'3,Vsc'rews being engaged in certain of saidperforatio-ns inthe :block 151 and threaded into registeringl perforations of the other block to secure the blocks together and registering pins enga-godin the other perforations, as shown,r at'154 inf Figure 21. The Y bloclc 151-has a recess 155` extending longitudinally andfcentr'ally of the under or mat ing face of the block, said recess being of inverted V shape iny cross section to conform to the shape of therib 152 of the other block, but being of slightly greater cross sectional area' to provide channel between the walls of the recess andthe rib'fof a width substantially the'same or slightly greater than the thicknessof the metal of the stripv and into Whichchannel the strip is delivered by the feeding wheels orirol-lers,` the strip being supported at the longitudinal edges engaging in the undercut portions 153'. The connected cutter blocks are secured upon the pillar P by screws passed throughl elongated openings inthe blocks and threaded into the pillar to permit of longitudinal adjustment of the cutter element, as at 156;

Thereciprocatory cutter element comprises l a pairof blocks 157, 157 o-f a length equal to the length of the strip to be severed and constituting the sealing member, as shown in 'y Figure 24,- said block being also 'arranged on the upper surface with a longitudinal and centrally extending rib 158 of inverted V shape in cross section to conform to the cross sectional shapeof the finally formed strip,

ing'said block portionv and threaded into the block 157, as at 160, said portion of the cutter block 157 having a recess 161 in the mating face extending longitudinally and centrally thereof, said recess being also of inverted V shape in cross section to conform to and of a slightly greater cross sectionalV area than the rib 158 to also provide a channel between the kwalls of the recess and rib substantially equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the metal of the strip. z To one end of the block, Vthe-end at the right as viewed in Figures 11,22 and 23, constitutes a cutter edgeto co-operate with the op )osed edO'es of the blocks 150 151 to shear t: 7

ofi1 the portion of the strip engaged in the channel between the rib 158 and recess 161. The cutter element 157,157 is fixed to and carried by a head 162 of rectangular sha-pe in cross section by-engaging one angle portion of the cutter block 157 in a recess 163 extended longitudinally through one face of the head by passing screws through perfora-p tions in said portion of the cutter block and threading the same into registering perforations in the head,v as at 164. The head is carried by a pair of rods 165 slidably engaged in openings in the pillar P at opposite sides of the cutter elements with the head engaged in a slideway of corresponding shape in cross section in a face of a vertical portion 166 of a member`167 fixed upon the pillar P and bridging the fixed cutter element, the head being retained in said slideway by gauge plates 168. (Figure 21.)

The head carrying rods 165 are connected. as at 168.y with a lever 169 pivotally mounted at 170 on the frame 129, said lever with the head being normally urged by springs 171V aty tached'at one end to the lever and at the oppoF I site ends to pins extending laterally from the vertical portion 166 of the member 167 with the reciprocatory cutter element carrying head 162 engaging an adjustable abutment in the form of a set screw 172'threaded into arplate 173 fixed to the top of the member 1667 said abutment being adjustable for the.V purpose of alining the strip engaging chan! nel between the blocks of the reciprocatory cutter element with the strip engaging channel between the blocks f of the fixed lcutter element. The lever 169 is actuated against the tension of the springs 171 to impart strip severing movement to the reciprecatory cutter element by acam 174 fixed on the shaft 67 vengaging a roller 175 mounted on a pin fixed in and extending laterally from the lever. n

To feed a predetermined portion of the sealing strip the feedinggrollers 139, 14.0 are positively driven yone from the other by a gear 176 (Figures 1 and 9) fixed to the shaft of roller 139 to rotate therewith, said gear meshing with a gear 177 (shown in dotted lines in Figure 9) fixed to the shaft 141 upon which the feed roller 140 is fixed. The shaft 141 is driven by pawl and ratchet mechanism com# prising a ratchet wheel 178 fixed to the roller shaft 141 with the teeth of which a pawl 179 co-op'erates, said pawl being pivotally mounted on one arm of a bell crank lever 180 loosely The pawl carrying lever is actuated by a lever 181, in the form of a triangular plate (Figures 9, 11 and 12) pivotally supported at one end from a bracket v182 Vfixed to the framework by a trunnion 183 extending laterall f from the lever with the shaft 102 extended through an arcuate opening 184 in the lever plate 181, andv connected at the oppositeend with.-

the pawl carrying lever 180 by a `linlr 185,v l

said lever being rocked and thereby the pawl carrying lever oscillatedby a roller 136 engaging a cam groove in a disk 187 vfixedon the shaft 102', said roller being carried by a stud fixed in a boss 188eXtendec from the plate in a direction opposite to the trunnion 183. To cause thel pawl to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel a spring influenced abutment 179 is slidably mounted in a recess in the pawl carrying arm of the lever. To maintain the pawl out of operative relation with the ratchet wheel and prevent actuation of the feeding means through the op'- eration of the pawl carrying lever a roller 189 is rotatably carried by an ear extending lat-` erally from the lever arm, said roller having a flat cut away portion and when positioned with said flat portion opposite the end of the pawl the pawl is adapted-to be positioned in operative relation with the ratchet wheel;

andfwhen adjusted so that a circular portionV of said roller engages the pawl it is moved and held out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel, said roller beingrad- `nisted an actuating rod 189 fixed in and extending laterally from the roller.

In the operation of the apparatus as the conveyor is brought to rest the receptacle lifter 92 is actuated to position the open end of the receptacle between the collapsing'slides 107when said slides are actuated with the slides 106 so that the plates117 carried by. the slides 107 engage the receptacle at opposite sides and squeeze the opposite wall por# tions of the receptacle at the open` end together, as shown at 30, and in thedot and' Y dash lines B in Figure 11. The strip feeding and forming mechanism is then actuated, the feeding ofthe strip delivering previously severed portion of theformed strip7 as shown in Figure 24, from the die blocks 157 157 over the 'collapsed receptacle end and onto the plates 117 of the slides 107 below a gauge block 190 (Figures 11, 13, 147 15 and to 32) fixed to the bottom of the portion 108 of the pillar i veyor and receptacle lifter 92. The recep tacle lifter is then further actuated to lposi` tion the receptacle into engagement'with the sealing strip and into yabutting relation with the gauge block 190, as shown in Fic/jure 31', when the receptacle collapsing andsealing member applying slides are further actuated causing the jaws 110. 110 to engage the opposite sides of the sealing member and clamping it to the collapsed receptacle end. Simultaneously with the clamping of the sealing member to the collapsed receptacle end it is longitudinally liuted, as shown at 191 in Figures 32 and 337 to not only interlock the material of the receptacle withthe sea-l# Y laterallyV P overhanging-.the con- '491 in the parts, one wall of the cam grooves in ing member to prevent. pulling the sealing member from the receptacle, but also serving to. reinforce and stiifjen the sealing member.

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This fiuting offthe sealing member is effected by ak bead 192 extending longitudinally of one of the clamping aws, in the presentinstance the jaw 110, and arranged to arcuate form in cross section, and theA other clamping jaw: 1110-"4 being arranged with a longitudinal recess193 kand ofcrosssectionalforin to correspond with the bead 192.` Also simultaneously with thel clamping ofthe scalino' meinberf to the receptacle end portions of the niaterial of the sealing member are offset into th,e*niaterial of thereceptacle to prevent lon,-

lDuring thev interim of `repositioning the sealed receptacle on the conveyor andthe receding movement of the collapsing and sealing member applying slides the cutter mechanism is actuated to sever a sealing member from the formed strip, such severed portion being retained in the channel of the cutter blocks 157, 157 preparatory to being delivered over the collapsed end of a successive receptacle.

- (Figures To effect variations in the sealing member n clamping movement of the slides o to coinpensate for variations inthe thickness of the material ofthe sealing member and of the collapsed receptacle end, as well as for wear the cams 118 is 'arranged with a laterally 'adjustabl'e wall portion, comprising blocks 196,

9 and 10) slidably inountedin recesses in the periphery of the cams to have adjustment axially thereof and secured in ad"- j'usted position by screws passed through countersunk elongated openings 197 through the blocks and threaded into the cams, adjustable abutment screws for the ends of the block being threaded into the end wall of the block engaging recesses in the cams and l secured in adjusted position by nuts,"as atk conveyor.

Means are provided to couplev the drive shaft 67 with the driven shaft 47 :from which the receptacle filling means and theA means to transfer the receptacles from the filling means to the conveyor are operated, which connection `is adapted to be broken when a resistance greater than a predetermined force is applied to the rotation of the driven shaft 47; as, for instance, by the jamming of the transferring mechanism in the iniproper transferring of the receptacles to the This driving connection' between the 'shafts corri-niisesV a train et gear-inetA erafbodyiiig a gear 1,99, fixed to drive. shaftmeshing with` an interniediategear 200, mesh,.

ing with a gear 201 fixed on' shaft 102 todrive said latter shaft, and a pinion 202 on said latter sha-,ft meshing with a gear-203- loose-on the shaft 47. rlhelatter gear 2,03A is coupled with the Shaft, 47 by a liead204v fixed to said' shaftv and coupledY withthe gear by a vpin 205 of` readily lseveralole. mater-ian such as brass, engaged ina bushing 2.0.6,

of hardened material, such as steel, mounted; in a perforation in the heard; and in a similar.l bushing 207 in a perforation in a diskY 208 loose on the shaft, said bush-,ingspbeing ar-k ranged eccentric tothe axis of the head and disk, and the disk positively connected with the gear-*203y lugs 209 extended laterally from` the disk eng-@ged in a transverse slot 210 in the hubof; the gear, The pin 20,5 be@y ingmade of a soft material,y and thebushings of a hardened material said bushings will serve ascutters to shear.V the pin should a, re= sistance greaterthan a predeterniinedforce be offered to the rotation of the shaft 47 and thus break the connection between the drive shaftV (i7 and the, driven shaft 47.

-To transfer the sealed receptacles from the conveyor, as to a table, (not shown) arranged. at the side of the conveyor opposite to the table T a pusher in the form of a bar 211 (Figures 1, 2', 4 and 5) is slidably mounted iii gibs on the table to have. movement transf. versely of the upper conveyor stretch, the bar being arranged with a head 212 at the end shaped to conform tothe curvature. of the receptacle wall.l The pusher normally assumes a position lof. rest at one side of the conveyor and out of the line of travel of the receptacles on the conveyor and relative to which a receptacle is positioned as the conveyorcomes to,rest,vas shown in Figure 2, and is actuated during the periods of rest of the conveyor to transfer the receptacle'from the conveyor positioned relative thereto. pusher it is connectedrat the end opposite to the head by a link 213 with one arm' of a lever 214 rotatably mounted on astud fixed in a bracket 215, the other arm of the lever having a stud fixed therein carrying a roller, as .at 216, to engage a cam groove in a disk-217 fixed on the shaft 67.

The apparatus may be driven from any suitable source of power, and shown as come prising an electric motor, shown in a conventional manner at M, mounted on a supporting platform on the framework and operatively connected with the drive shaft 67 by a sprocket chain 218 passing around a sprocket wheel on the motor shaft and a sprocket wheel 219 fixed to a` shaft` mounted in bear` ings fixed upon the -table to rotate on an axis tansverse to the axis of shaft 67, and operatively connected with the latter shaft by a wormon the motor shaft meshingwith a To actuate the worm wheel on the drive shaft, as shown at 220.

To gauge the collapsed receptacle end and register the same with the sealing member applying jaws of the slides 106, as shown at B in Figure 1l, an adjustable gauge member inV the form of a headed set screw 221 is threaded into the front of the pillar P, and a similar gauge member 222 is adj ustably carried in opposed relation to the gauge member 221 by a plate. 223 secured to and extending downward from a pair of lugs 224 projecting forward from the overhanging portion 108 of the pillar P, said plate having an opening through which to view the operation of the clamping jaws 110, 110 in clamping the sealing member to the collapsed receptacle end.

It will be obviousrthat modifications may be made in construction and arrangement of parts, and that portions of the apparatus may be used without others, and come within the scope of the invention.

Havingk thus described my invention I claim:

l. In apparatus for the purpose specied, means to collapse thejopen end of a receptacle and clamp a sealing member to said collapsed receptacle end, comprising a'pair of slides supported to have reciprocatory movement toward and away from each other, a second pair of slides carried by the first slides to participate in the movement thereof and relative to which the first slides are adapted to have independent movement, a

pair of levers pivotally supported on horizontal axes extending transversely of the movement of the slides and have movement in the plane of movement of the slides, a drive shaft rotatable on an axis extending in the plane of movement of the slides, and operative connection between said shaft and slide actuating levers to oscillate the levers and reciprocate the slides.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim l, wherein the slide actuating levers embodying a pair of parallel arms connected together and weighted at one end, one arm of said levers being operatively connected with the rst slides and the other arm with the drive shaft.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide actuating levers embody a pair of parallel arms connected together and weighted at one end, one arm of each lever having a pin and slot connection with one of the first slides, and cams on the drive shaft with which cam following rollers carried by the other arms of the levers co-operate to operatively connect and actuatethe levers from the driveV shaft.

4. In apparatus for the purpose specified, the combination with the framework, of a receptacle support carried by the framework to have vertical reciprocatory movement, a standard fixed upon the framework arranged with a head to overhang the supdependent movement,'means to actuate theV receptacle support to position the open end of a `receptacle thereon between the slides, a pairv of levers pivotally supported by the standard to have movement in the plane of movement of the slides, each lever embodying a pair of parallelly extending arms and one arm of each lever connected with one of the first slides, a drive shaft, cams on said shaft, and a cam following roller carried by the other arm of each levier to co-operate with the cams to actuate the levers and slides in timed sequence with the movement of the receptacle support to position the open end of the receptacle between the slides, said second slides being operative to collapse the receptacle end and serve as a support for a closure member of inverted V shape in cross section engaged over the collapsed receptacle end, and the first slides to clamp and seal said clcure member to the collapsed receptacle en 5. Apparatus as claimed in claim l, wherein the slide actuating levers are pivotally supported intermediate theends and arranged with a counterweight at the side of the pivot supports of the levers opposite to and shaft.

6. In apparatus for the purpose specified, a vertically movable receptacle support, a pair of slides mounted to have reciprocatory movement toward and away from each other, a second pair of slides carried by the first slides to participate in the movement Vthereof and relative to which the first slides are adapted to have movement, said second slides being of T-form and slidably mounted between gibs and in relation to an elongated recess in the bottom of the first slides with the T head arranged at one end of said first slides, a block fixed to the second slides slidably engaged in the recess in the bottom of the first slide, and a spring confined within the rec-ess between said block and end wall of the recess to urge the slides to position with the T head to eX- tend beyond the end of the rst slides, said slides being arranged above the receptacle support, means to actuate the receptacle support to position the open end. of the receptacle between the slides, and means to actuate the slides in timed sequence with the movement of the receptacle support to position a receptacle between the slides, said second slides being opera-tive to collapse the receptacle end and serve as a support fora V shaped sealing member engaged over the collapsed receptacle end, and the first slides vwhich the levers are connected with the slides being operative to clamp said sealing member tlo' simultaneously withthe clamping; of the closure lmember to the receptacle longitudi- :rally flute the opposite portions of thefclosur-e member tointerlock the same with the interposed material of thereceptacle and seal the Closure member t0 the'collapsed recep-V tacle end.

Y Signed at the city of New York, n the county of New York, and Sttte of New York, this 31st day of Ma y,1928.

HELLIS L. JONES.

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